Three of these stations – Hattiesburg, Jackson and Meridian – provide connections between Amtrak trains and local transit. There are 10 Amtrak stations in Mississippi. Amtrak currently provides intercity passenger rail services in Mississippi operating two daily trains in Mississippi between Chicago and New Orleans and the Crescent, between New York and New Orleans. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula is the current priority for the Southern Rail Commission. Restoring and improving passenger rail across the Gulf Coast states from New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama with station stops in Bay St.